LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Britain said it would work with EU partners to back a new government in Ukraine and welcomed reports that imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was being released, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement on Saturday.

"We will work closely with our EU partners in support of a new government in Ukraine, as and when that is formed," he said. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Andrew Roche)